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Friday, December 20, 2013

Today I'm showing you one of my recent loves - textured nail polishes. When I first saw it in the bottle (@Beauty Bloggers Anual Meet Up) I thought...meh this is not my colour but now, after I've applied it onto my nails, I've changed my mind! It looks so classy and elegant and the sugar-y texture only makes it more special.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

On Sunday, this blog turned 1! Yes, one! Already! And I didn't even had the time to do something special :(. I had in mind a few changes but I guess it'll have to wait and maybe they'll be on my resolutions list for 2014. We'll see how my vacation goes but hopefully it'll happen sooner! I for one, can't wait! But enough of that I don't want to spoil the surprise ^^

I know some of you have been following my blog for a while, so thank you for all your support and visits. They're much appreciated! And since I haven't properly introduced myself, here's a clue to how I look like. Just if you're curious! ^^ I for one like to know a little bit about the people behind the blogs I'm reading. In this regard, an about me section is planned to appear in the near future.

Monday, December 2, 2013

As promised on my Facebook page, today I'm talking about a bundle of sparkle. And since we're officially in the most cheerful month of the year, what could be more appropriate? December has such a special vibe with all its lights and flavors. It's one of my favourite periods and it's the only time I can endure the cold and the snow - I even find it special.

The polish I'm talking about is Ebalay #07 - it's a beautiful glitter, it has actually several types of glitters in it: round white and copper ones, tiny strips of white flecks and almost invisible to the eye purple glitter.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Today, is a historical day! It's the day I fell in love with textured polishes! I know...I hopped in the wagon a little too late, since they created quite a stir a while back. But as usual in my country, they became available only recently. So thanks toGolden Rose Romania I could finally test them.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

We meet again so soon! The reason is my friend D. who asked me to do her nails. I willingly agreed ^^ To comply to her needs (nothing fancy or to much she said) I did only an accent nail.

But first let me praise the base color: Rimmel London - Sir, yes sir! #625, it's a creamy deep purple and the application goes smoothly 'cause it has a wide brush and it dries very quicly...what more can we ask from a nail polish, right?

Saturday, November 2, 2013

I'm so missing this! Posting, doing nail art and speaking with you guys through comments but I knew this was coming so I'm just trying to get used to it. Today's manicure should have been up on blog since last Saturday so I hope the girls from the Polish Addict group would receive my sincerest apologies - I was really swamped with school projects and courses and everything was hectic...

The theme from The Polish Addict Group Challenge was inspired by your favourite quote and my personal favourite is Be the best version of yourself! wich should be a happier self with a high self esteem and confidence. In one word a brilliant self!

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Enjoying your weekend? I hope that between your relaxation rituals you find a few minutes to read this blog ^^ I've prepared for you a manicure inspired from clothing, particulary a h&m skirt which I just L O V E. It's a crazy print that looks like an aminal print mixed with a military one, nevertheless I like it very much.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

How are you today? Are you all as eager as me for the weekend to come? But... bear with me, it's only wednesday! This also means it's time for a new Mish Mash theme, namely flower. I'm sure you all know by now how much I love florals therefore it was a pleasure to do this manicure. ^^

Saturday, October 12, 2013

I'm back after a week of "radio silence". I know I've warned you that things may get a little slow around here but this time the cause of my absence was the lack of appetite for nail art. This week was the first time, in ages, when I wore just a simple nail color and it felt good. I've missed a couple of challenges and for that I apologize ^^

Today's manicure is celebrity inspired... a theme from the lovely T.P.A Challenge. This mani goes perfectly with the simplistic mood I had lately.

Friday, October 4, 2013

It's the wekeeend!! Relax, enjoy, have fun! I'll be super quick today 'cause I'm on the run. This week has been hectic, eventfull and full of excitement...you'll see soon what I'm talking about, I don't want to spoil the secret yet ^^

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

I'm sorry I went awol on you guys but I came down with a bad cold. Anyways, today’s post is a little different ‘cause it’s a throw back in time. As I was on "bed arrest" I haven’t got the chance to prepare anything and
I found these pictures just lying around there unused. I totally forgot about this
manicure and even though it’s not very pretty or good looking at least you can
observe my evolution, as I like to think I’m doing better now. ^^

Friday, September 27, 2013

The weekend is here!! But for once I'm not really happy about it 'cause this means my vacation is over! Period. On the plus side you'll see plenty of nail art here on blog as I intend to post every day for the next three days. So wish me luck!

As my nature is to be late - I'm on the edge with The Nail Challenge Collaborative theme for September - Techniques. I've prepared four interesting techniques for you and two are new ^^

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Today's post is special! I've descovered a new technique to me; I don't know how to call it properly but a jelly sandwich. I've stumbled upon it yesterday over at Adventures In Acetone and I was thrilled. She has made a super easy and explicative tutorial so make sure to pay her a visit. I think it was fate to found this exactly now when I had no idea what to do for yesterday's Mish Mash Challenge theme - blue and when I realised that the only jelly nail polish I have is blue I knew what I had to do ^^

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

How was your Monday? For me it was the last free Monday until the Christmas holidays as I'm starting school next week. Being my last week of vacation I'll try to make the best of its late mornings with a to do list full of nothing, oh sweet inocent joy! But enough with that, lets get back to why we're here: nailspiration. I like to think that maybe I'm some sort of inspiration for somebody in this world ^^

If you like what you're seeing keep scrolling to see how it can be done!

Saturday, September 21, 2013

I promised you in my last post (A hot accent on a cold mani) that I will show you autumn on my nails but I didn't want to do something stereotypical like fiery leaves and naked trees or seasonal fruits (I'm not very good at that), so I went with what I do best: flowers and I picked chrysanthemums. All this came along perfectly with today's theme of the The Polish Addict Group Challenge - A season.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

I'm very happy and pleased to present you a new type of post: Now and then. I saw these posts first on One Nail To Rule Them All and I thought it was such a cool idea to reacreate some of your old but favourite designs just to see how much you've evolved. I usually don't like to wear twice the same nail art but with this design I made an exception - I wore it three times (this is the third) :)) Without further ado, here it is!

After whining a lot about this crappy weather and longing for hot summer days spent on a beach with an icy drink in our hand, I decided it was about time to embrace autumn with its ups and downs, surely I don't need to mention the "downs" we pretty much know the moody rains and sunless days. As in concern to the "ups", autumn always reminds me of my childhood, when I would gather bouqets of leaves to take them to my mom or collect chestnuts for no reason. Fall has its charm, it's the season of juicy apples and grapes, of hot chocolate and cozy sweaters, so yeah, I'm planning to enjoy all that and forget about the nasty weather. How about you?

The theme of the Mish Mash Challenge - cold - goes perfectly with this time of year, but I didn't get ahead of myself as I wanted to do a review of some studs that I received from Born Pretty Store.

Monday, September 16, 2013

I hope your Monday went smoothly! (if that is ever possible ^^) We're off to another week and it'll get crowded over here, I intend to show you at least four manicures. The first one is from the Techniques Challenge with a striped theme. I haven't done a tribal design in ages so this was the perfect opportunity!

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Today we're talking again about a challenge - The Polish Addict Challenge - created by our lovely G.She really managed to put together a bunch of interesting themes as it is the one for this Saturday - Your zodiac sign. I must say I believe in such things and I really find myself in the traits of my zodiac sign.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

When I first started this blog the main thought was to have fun so when I began to feel a slight pressure because of the challenges I decided to take it slow and do only the themes that appeal to me. That beeing said I've missed Monday's TTC theme - sugar spun because I did one recently (you can see it here Sugar spun topping ~ first attempt) and I'm skipping today's Mish Mash Challenge theme - least expensive because I have no idea what I could've done with my cheapest nail polish.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Oh, happy days! Soon my vacation will be over and I'll go back to the university, so I'm trying to enjoy these days as best as I can. I hope that my activity on blog will remain constant though. Today we are talking about the Polish Adict Challenge and we have a pretty theme named A Flower.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

How's your week so far? Mine has been eventless, just movie marathons and a lot of gym - yeah I'm getting in shape for winter :)) I'm a paradox, summer didn't motivate me maybe getting back to school will. Anyways let's get back to why were here - a new manicure from the Mish Mash Challenge.

Monday, September 2, 2013

I know, it's Monday and we have a new week ahead of us so let's take it easy! Today is the Techniques Challenge's turn and we have water marble - a beloved technique I didn't have the chance to practice very often. As a result the designs aren't identical, I think that's the hardest thing with this one, but they turned out pretty after all. It was actually the first time I've done it on someone else, my friend I. pitched in to help me. With all the challenges I'm in it's very helpful and less stressful for my nails if I do the designs on someone else's nails ^^

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Today is a big day! We start a new challenge - The Polish Addict Challenge. It's the most interesting collaboration I've attended so far and I hope I'll be able to do all the themes ^^ So lets begin! the first theme is Pop Art...well ladies, this is the first time I've stumbled over such a theme and boy did it gave me a hard time. I'm not familiar with this current (I think I was to young when it was popular or I wasn't even born) but after googling it I came accross a ton of inspiration.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

I thought I won't be able to finish all four manicures from the Around the world theme (if only August would have had more days), but with the help of my friend D. who gladly "gave" up her nails for experimentation, I'm presenting you today manicure #4 representing my home country Romania.

Monday, August 26, 2013

I hope you've started your week well! Today I'm presenting you another manicure inspired by the Around the world theme, I've chosen Japan and what would could have fitted best my tastes than cherry blosoms? I've actually wanted to do this nail art for a while now and I'm glad I finally had the chance. I have to say I really like how they turned out ^^

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Have a great Sunday! As I was saying in my previous post I've joined a new challenge. I know, I know I'm currently in two, this is the third and from Saturday I'm starting a new one! Me gotta love challenges! They do keep me sharp, I'm posting more often and I'm picking my brains out at some themes but I love it :)) So anyways I'm hoping you, my dear readers aren't bother by this, on the plus side you have a ton of inspiration at each post by just visiting the ladies participating at this challenges.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Happy Friday everyone! As I was saying yesterday on my Facebook page (make sure you LIKE it so you can keep up with my posts ^^) starting from now on I'll be joining The Nail Challenge Collaborative's monthly themes, where we have to create four different manicures at each theme, spreaded throughout the month; fun, right? So this month's theme is Around the world - I for one always avoided this theme in different challenges, until now! when I decided I should give it a try.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Here we are at week four from the Mish Mash challenge with the theme nail art technique you have never tried before....phew that should be a tough one for the experienced ladies participating at this challenge but for an amateur such as myself, it was pretty easy to choose!

Monday, August 19, 2013

I'm pretty excited for today's manicure! It's a first - again! I think the best part at being a newbie blogger or a newbie in nail art is that you have the first attempts at an incredibly large number of techniques and desgins furthermore, nothing is compared to that thrilling feeling of not knowing what will come out of it, plus there is the research part which so fun - you always descover amazing talents ^^

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Because it has a double purpose this post took longer than I expected. If you are wondering about the purposes, well yesterday we ended the 31 Weeks Collaboration, it was my first challenge this big and I enjoyed it, even though I didn't have the chance to participate at all the themes. Nevertheless you can check out all my entries for this challenge here. In this last theme I've choosed to recreate Madalina's design, although her version is better ^^

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Editing, writing and stuff is taking more than I expected so my post isn't ready yet. But because this is the last theme of the 31 Weeks Collaboration I thought it would be nice to share with you guys the links of the ladies who got the chance to maybe post on time. My manicure will be up later this day - stay tuned! It's something new ^^

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Today, (read yesterday) is the day for the Mish Mash Challenge and the theme is metallic - a theme that I've always avoided in the past because I simply do not like metalic shades on my nails but to show you that I'm committed to this challenge and because I want to challenge myself I'll be doing all the themes but I'll mold them after my own tastes, like I did with this mani ^^

I'm hoping you aren't getting tired of the one-stroke technique but I can't seem to get enough of it lately, so for the sake of my blog the next two manicures will contain something completely new to me! So stay tunned for some "outrageous" designs :))

Monday, August 12, 2013

It seems like I'm drowning in challenges :)) there are so many going on right now and I really do want to keep up but I'm afraid I'll fail miserably, so here's to hoping!

So first of all don't freak out at this design it's ancient old but it was suitable for today's theme from another new challenge - The Techniques Challenge created by NailGlaze. We will be posting every Monday ^^

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Due to an unexpected trip to the countryside my post for last Saturday's collaboration remained unfinished. Then the following days I got swamped with work so I decided it will be better to postpone it until this Saturday to have a little consistency with the 31 weeks collaboration.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Sorry for my absence but life happens. Today, I'll be quick - I just got back from the gym and I'm exhausted! (that was when I started writting my post one hour ago :))
I've recently joined a new group of ladies which love nail art and challenges so starting from today, I'm taking part at the Mish Mash Challenge - it has some interesting themes. I only hope I can keep up!

Thursday, July 25, 2013

While I'm conscientiously doing my nails for this Saturday's collaboration I thought I'd show you in the meantime my first attempt at the one stroke technique. You can create amazing designs with this technique so I've started timidly to practice, but as you can see I still have a lot of work to do until I reach perfection but Rome wasn't built in a day neither.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Today I wanted to do a really quick post with a friends' manicure, buuuut then I've realised that this is my 100th post!! I was thinking the other day what to do, what to say, if something special is required. Well, today I'm facing the facts and it seems that I can't find my words. What I can say is that I'm glad I achieved this number and it feels like the most natural thing, it's a habbit that I enjoy doing and working on a post isn't something extraordinarly difficult, it only requires time and dedication towards this project and you after all, so there's no point in complaining about my tremendous efforts or about the sleepless nights. The work doesn't count, it's a pleasure and this blog will exist as long as it will remain so ^^

Saturday, July 20, 2013

What's cookin' this weekend? Hope you're enjoying this beautiful weather. ^^ And maybe what I'm about to tell you will make you stop what you're doing for a moment and just breathe and enjoy the sun and everything around you because you are alive and that only, it's a beautiful thing.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

I wonder how you've been lately! I for one missed blogging and doing nails of course, it has been too long since I've done some nail art and I kinda miss it. But today I won't be showing you any of that! Instead you'll be seeing a gorgeous shade of yellow (which I think it's perfect for summer).

The yellow shade is Astor - Yellow Buttercup #240 and you need two coats to reach full coverage but because the polish it's rather thick I've used a layer of white polish then one layer of this beauty. To spice things up a little I've used some triangle shaped studs, which I just love. They're black and perfect!

Thursday, June 27, 2013

I have a quick post for you today as I'm gladly taking part (though only to the end) to a June Challenge named Summer Fun. Sadly, as I've said, I was able to participate only to the last theme called Life's a beach.

I couldn't resist the temptation of doing beach themed nails! I've never tried such designs before and recently I saw on precious polish a mani which I instantly loved and wanted to recreate and this was the perfect circumstance.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Well, well, well, here we are again! With me being late again! I'm so dissapointed of myself because when I first started blogging and later on participating to collaborations, punctuality was very important to me and whenever other blogs didn't respect that..let's just say I thought it was not okay. But here I am - in that same position - when I can't judge anymore, only myself maybe. But lesson learnt!
I could go on with excuses and everything but the fact is I've put blogging on a second or third place since my life has been turned upside down by my own actions nonetheless. Anyhow this is not a diary blog so let's get back to the nails ^^

The theme was half moons and initially I was going to start by saying that I hate this design. I've never done it before but I can't say that this is my first attempt I've redone my manicure three times before settling to this eye-catchy design.

Friday, June 21, 2013

I'm cheating today! As I will show you once again a manicure that is done on my friend Iulia who is also my future sister in law, recently she moved in with us - which great 'cause I have more nails to do so I don't have to weary mine ^^.

The star of this manicure is my one and only Revlon #044 Blue Lagoon which is a lovely light blue (very summer-ish) this particular shade has a subtle shimmer that makes it prettier than just an ordinary polish. It applied very smoothly and it reached full coverage from two coats only.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

If you're here and you are reading this you must be a nail art lover/adicted and you definetly want pretty nails or something that will stand out anyway. Well let me tell you the must have thing-y for this: the acrylic colors.

As most of you probably know you can't really do nail art with regular nail polish - it's to thick or hard to use in tiny details. So when I was contacted by Born Pretty Store to do a review of a product I knew right away what to choose.